I honestly don’t think Microsoft and Sony are in competition with each other. They are large enough companies to have analysts and to have the demographical statistics to understand that they are both targeting a different kind of gamer. Other than the jabs they were kinda throwing at each other this gen in the beginning, they’ve never had public confrontation, coexisting for 3 gens. I think too a lot of why Sony directly addressed Microsoft on DRM etc is because they were in a really bad spot and needed for PS4 to hit the ground running. Microsoft on the flipside had the PS3 trade in campaign and I think that had a lot to do with the fact that there were a lot of talks at the time of M$ axing the Xbox division.
Microsoft & Sony not in competition? Yes, I agree. Xbox & Playstation divisions? Of course they’re in direct competition (flicking light switch FIGHT! FIGHT FIGHT!). Both platforms attract & will cater to their own fringe groups (sports/shooter/JRPG/etc fans) in different international markets, but by & large they have both always been vying for that 18-36 or whatever year-old male demographic. Xbox made the biggest deviation with Kinect & found early success, but now that that audience has stopped responding they’ve diverted their attention back to it.
Their game divisions are such small parts of the company too. Most of Sony’s revenue comes from selling life insurance. MS from Windows and business tools. When it comes to consumer products Sony and MS should just drop their phones since they aren’t competing with Samsung and Apple in that market and focus on other ventures.
MS and Sony’s paths do cross outside of gaming, usually when they want their software or patents to succeed at each others’ expense-- 360 stubbornly held onto DVD and an HD-DVD attachment, because HD-DVD used MS’ video codec and they had a stake in defeating Blu-ray at the time. And I believe Sony is/was involved in Android software development, which would make them ‘adversaries’ (though I doubt Windows Phone will be around long after Windiws 10 comes out). But the Xbox and PS divisions are directly competing in the home console space.
Wouldn’t Minecraft being on the PS Vita have Sony paying MS at this point?
I’m sure MS is paying/paid Sony for the blu-ray in the Xone.
who cares
Windows and Windows Phone have been kinda killing it lately. People started off hating 8 cause of the new start menu but most people after they used it (myself included) actually really like it it’s my favorite Windows. People have been warming up to the phones too. I wanna check one out once Windows 10 drops. I think the new unified OS is a really smart move.
I forgot about the Format wars last gen lol what a fail. Sure they can get more data on discs but who gives a shit give us a format without moving parts or something that’s actually innovative.
Some trailers for Evil Within that I missed in the past week.
Every Last Bullet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVShDsYih9Y&list=UUvZHe-SP3xC7DdOk4Ri8QBw
Fight for Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiyCWXU_804&index=2&list=UUvZHe-SP3xC7DdOk4Ri8QBw
The World Within
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkttaEAy4pw&index=1&list=UUvZHe-SP3xC7DdOk4Ri8QBw
Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition Digital Foundry Face-Off
Sounds like the worst “remaster” yet. Consoles get PC’s max settings at the cost of variable framerate & screen-tearing, with FPS dipping to the low-to-mid 20’s on both platforms. The PC version is even more trivial, with most of the enhancements (heavier DOF, more NPCs, etc) being more like extra notches on settings sliders.
Picked up the Professor Layton/Ace Attorney crossover today. Playing as Layton has been pretty fun so far for never having played one of the games. I really just want to know when I get to solve murder mysteries as Phoenix and Maya though lol.
@Saitsu what the fuck is this game dude

It is actually pretty fun so far though. First Phoenix trial was fairly easy.
It was noted that they dialed back both Layton’s and Nick’s parts so fans of either series could acclimate better.
I mean it was a fun case. Just saying it was fairly easy. But it was a warmup case for people new to the series, being done by a vet of 4 previous games so that doesnt really mean much anyway. Though there was a certain section involving fingerprints that I could see wringing hint coins out of quite a few people.
Kinda sad that no characters from either series show up though. I’ve already looked that up. You’ll never see Pearl, Edgeworth, Franziska or Gumshoe come up out of nowhere. They really missed some of that cheesy crossover goodness in that aspect. There are a few references here and there like the Blue Badger, but nothing that makes you go “Awwww shit nigga they put that character in this game too!?!!?”
Maya doesnt sound anything like I thought she would reading all her dialogue boxes before. Even though I’ve never played a Layton game before, I feel like his VA is a few degrees TOO badass for how silly he looks.
The PC version takes a huge hit to performance as well, for practically nothing.
Ubisoft says MS and Sony pressure them to make PC games 30 FPS and this incoming from the company who said “60 FPS games look weird”
Anita is at it again against Bayo…I’m not even gonna bother linking to any of it.
Capcom considering annualization of Resident Evil through spin offs
Pachter believes the free pack in game during Destiny week was enough to beat out PS4 last month
We’ll find out at the end of this week supposedly.
It’s odd how several different people at Ubi are so fixated about discussing framerate, when the mainstream debate is, and always has been, about native resolution (“resolutiongate,” duh). Even in this recent alleged dev email, they’re still clearly ducking the question.
What a PR shitstorm.
Man…Anita’s Bayo tirade is blatant trolling. Like she doesn’t give a fuck about none of that honestly. I’m guessing shes stirring up bullshit, in the midst of it make some fake death threats, and ask for a donation. I’m surprised people fall for that shit. It’s as blatantly fake as a damn “hot chicks in your area” smh
I don’t know why anyone watches her videos.
I’m not going to look it up or view because Anita is a retard and I shall not subject myself to such foolery.
However, knowing her whole “feminazi sensationalist bitch” schtick, I can already assume what the problem is. Bayonetta 2 objectifies the main character with her appearance, attitude and how she carries herself. Problem is, she cherry picks certain segments, and completely forgets that every time a man tries to help her, they fuck up and she didnt need it anyway. The only exceptions being at the beginning of the games when Rodin is throwing guns to her. Other than that she does everything solo or with Jeanne(for the most part.). There’s a part really early in 2 after you kill a boss. It goes to a cutscene while it’s dying where Bayo dodges some shit and is about to take a long fall. Luka being the retard he is tries to Batman grappling hook swing and grab her out of the air. He forgets that he cannot actually touch anything in Purgatorio, only see it with the glasses. Bayo saves herself since she wasnt counting on help anyway.
You see, we call people like that “Biased”. They are completely closed minded and will not actually take any of your points into consideration no matter what degree of logic you employ. They are not to be taken seriously since they are only ranting with the hopes of gaining attention. There is no point getting angry over the stupid shit she says, because she does not do this to ignite intelligent conversation by way of creating debate. She does it to attention whore and get dat white knight paypuh.
Is it not sad that someone who has never seen her videos, can predict her entire recent agenda based on word of mouth? By the way, she is raising a shitstorm based on a game that is currently only out in Japan or available to those with a JP WiiU and the cash to import the game. She has very clearly gone out of her way to make an issue of it.
That’s all I have to say about that.